Walden affirms support for voluntary incentive auctions
House Communications Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden (R-OR) addressed the auctions in a speech before the NAB, and also suggested that he’s open to discussing...
Coalition calls on Obama for public-oriented FCC chair
That’s as in protecting the public interest. Written on the stationary of Common Cause, public interest groups want an FCC chair committed to promoting...
Researchers make case for SCOTUS cameras
Robert Green and Adam Rosenblatt of research firm Penn Schoen Berland says that the vast majority of Americans favor the use of cameras and...
Political payday for SC-1 broadcasters
An opening in the US House of Representatives for South Carolina’s 1st District has a lot going for it that your average congressional race...
Witnesses set for Senate communications hearing
Not just any communications – rural communications. That’s what the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet will be discussing on Tuesday 4/9/13....
DCCC keying 2014 attack on Paul Ryan
The 2014 election cycle is already in progress. Wisconsin Rep. and recent VP candidate Paul Ryan (R-WI) has seen his budget pass the House...
Rockefeller sustains the media violence drumbeat
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has made it clear that a probe into the role of television content will be undertaken at...
Commissioner gets boost toward FCC chair
With the departure of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski now a sure thing, the cottage industry that turns out likely replacement rumors has shifted into...
FCC seats new diversity panel
The Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age has officially been rechartered and its members have been appointed. The purpose...
After genial send-offs, Genachowski receives a shove-off
Most of those who have commented on the imminent departure of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski have had the usual kind words, whether he was...
Senate panel set to examine rural communications
The Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the
Internet has slated a session on the state of rural communications next month. The panel is part...
FCC Commissioners bid farewell to departing Chairman
All four of departing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s colleagues at the Commission had kind words for him as he gets set to head out...
Washington sendoff for Robert McDowell
Although he isn’t even gone yet, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell’s announcement of his imminent departure got the Washington PR machine cranked up to 5th...
Radio stations about to lose licenses
A full power FM, three translators and an LPFM failed to get renewal applications into the FCC that were due 12/1/12, and now face...
McDowell exiting the FCC
The senior Republican member of the FCC will soon be its current newest member Ajit Pai as Robert McDowell is exiting shortly